Carl Durance
(Creative Magic Design) | | Wiarton, Ontario, Canada |
About Carl Growing up on a large poultry farm in Ontario, working with his hands came naturally to Carl, instilling values of strong work ethic and respect for all things natural. His creative instinct and desire for challenge led to the position of Associate Director of a leading-edge computer software research and development group at the University of Waterloo.
Carl now focuses that creative energy and desire to learn to ever-increasing artistic endeavours. He is accomplished in different art forms, using clay, glass, metal, stone, and wood, including lampworked/flameworked glass, pottery, stained and fused glass, bird carving, glass enamelling on metal, jewellery, and wood turning. Carl lives in a tranquil country setting hemmed between Colpoys Bay to the North and the Niagara Escarpment to the South.
Carl started turning wood in the mid 1980s. He is currently a member of the Grey-Bruce Woodturners Guild in Kincardine, Simcoe Woodturners Guild in Barrie, Thames Valley Woodturners Guild in London, American Association of Woodturners, Segmented Woodturners, and Ornamental Turning International. Through a combination of instructional training and self-taught (trial & error), Carl continues to develop and refine his technique.
Carl shows his work and teaches a variety of workshops at the Southampton Art Centre in Southampton, Intersections Wood Collaborative (formerly Stephen Hogbin's Intersections Wood Gallery & Studio) in Owen Sound, and, Owen Sound Artists Cooperative in Owen Sound, and is a regular presenter at other guilds and public events.
For more information on Carl's work, you can contact Carl at lazy.bee@bmts.com. |
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 | Life's Ups and Downs Segmented Vase; zig-zag feature ring; 12 segment rings; 329 individual pieces; primarily spalted birch with black walnut, hard maple and mahogany feature ring and top/bottom accents; tung oil finish; 9 ½" tall by 6 ½" diameter. © Carl Durance |
Kaili's Surprise BFAB (bowl-from-a-board) Vase; laminated curly maple/black walnut square stalk; 6 concentic rings; 7" tall and 9 ½" diameter with 7/16" wall thickness; finished with polymerized tung oil. © Carl Durance |  |
 | A Touch Of Celtic A collection of Celtic knot wood turnings; walnut bracelets, maple bottle stopper, & holly pen; plus various veneers; tung oil finish; on pen, friction polish and wax finish; each incorporating a Celtic knot. © Carl Durance |
Cherry Staved Vase 4 ½" diameter by 9 ¼" tall
Stave constructed vase, 8 black cherry staves, accents of thick cherry veneer laminated with maple and black-dyed pear veneers (5 layers), box elder burl top, black walnut lip and base, 186 pieces, tung oil finish. © Carl Durance |  |
 | Ornate Vase Collection (left to right) birds-eye maple & ebony; apple & bloodwood; mahogany, walnut & bloodwood; ash & walnut, maple, mahogany, walnut & bloodwood, plus various veneers; tung oil finish; each about 6"tall and 2" diameter; © Carl Durance |
Small Stave Vase 2 3/8" diameter by 4 3/8" tall
Stave constructed vase, 8 curly maple staves, accents of maple and black-dyed pear veneers, black cherry burl top, ebony lip and base, tung oil finish. © Carl Durance |  |
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